Monday, August 12, 2013

We Have No Highlights To Bring You

I built up Danny Salazar a little too much in my mind. After his awesome start against the Tigers, I couldn't wait to see him again! Turns out that the whole "pitch too much too soon and you're not too good the next time" hokum is actually true. He was over-pitched the other night, going way over his 60-70 limit, and this time he was suckin' on a Fla-Vor-Ice by the 5th inning.

Zep (Marc Rzepcyzinski) (Scrabble), Shaw, Allen. Yawn.

Kipnis and Gomes with hits. Brantley ended his streak at 6 games. According to Jim Rosenhaus, there were at least 6 plays that he starred in the score book as "good plays." Tom Hamilton couldn't hardly believe it how much the Tribe was getting robbed. He said he was going to get up and leave if Kipnis' single wouldn't have dropped!

That's it, guys. Over-hyped pitching and complete lack of hitting against some guy we've never seen before. The whole thing with not being able to hit against rookies is pretty weak by this point. What are our scouts up to all season?? Go watch some baseball!

So, whatever. Tomorrow at 8:10 is ZMac versus RHP 3.38. Oh good, this guy has a record against 5 guys on our team. Perhaps we can muster more than 2 hits.

See you there!

Radio Chatter:
"This guy is mid- to upper-eighties at best. The Indians are making him look like he throws a thousand miles per hour."
- Tom Hamilton

"This guy must be hard to pick up or something, because right now there are high school pitchers who throw harder than this guy."
- Tom Hamilton

"Seems like the bigger the stakes the better he is."
- Jim Rosenhaus on Miguel Cabrera

"My wife has a birdbath in the backyard with more water pressure and more ability to get clean than the showers at this hotel."
- Tom Hamilton on the hotel room in Minneapolis

"Around the corner was a bar that was a dive..."
"How would you know that?"
"I...I got lost. I was looking for my mommy."
- Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus

"It seems like the Twins have nine Joe Hardys in the lineup tonight. The devil's got to be smiling somewhere."
- Tom Hamilton goes Broadway